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sPncrFIcATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,656, Adates January4, 189s. Application filed March 17,1896. Renewed September 14, 1897-Serial No. 651,677. (No model.)

and State of Pennsylvania, have invented cer-` tain new and usefulImprovements in Stamp- I-Iolders, of which the following is a specififcation.

My invention relates to stamp-sheets and books for containing stamps,whereby they are securely held for transportation and handling withoutsticking together or to other surfaces.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap form of cover in whichthe stamps may be readily arid cheaply secured to form a book which maybe subsequently divided into a number of smaller books of varying sizes,according to the number and value of the stamps desired by thepurchaser.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l represents aview of the outside of Fig. 2 is a view of theopposite side with a sheet of stamps secured thereto. Figs. 3, 4, 5, and6 are views inside and out of one of the small books formed by dividingthe main holder.

A sheet of stamps as now printed has a margin all around the outside.The sheet of stamps shown and which is one of the forms I desire to usefor making small books of the value of twenty-five cents, fty cents, andone dollar has also a margin all around the outside and is sixteenstamps wide and twenty-four stamps long, making a sheet of three hundredand eighty-four stamps; but it may be printed any convenient width orlength and of any desired denomination. Next the side margins there aretwo rows of stamps b b, separated by the ordinary rows of perforations cc, and next to the second row occurs an unprinted and imperforate spaced, running lengthwise of the sheet and about iivesixteenths of an inchwide. Next to this there are four rows of stamps e e e e, separated bythe ordinary rows of perforations,

,inches wide, the purpose of which will be hereinafter explained.

The cover F, in which the stamps are to be held, is preferably of aprepared paper to 4which stamps will not adhere and which when spreadout iiat is the full size of the sheet of stamps before the margins havebeen removed from the latter. If the cover be not of prepared paper, asheet of paraffin-paper of the same diameter as the sheet of stamps isused, which is interposed between the saine and the cover. The back ofthe cover is printed to indicate thelines on which it is to be dividedto form the smallerbooks, also the number, kind, and value of the stampscontained in each small book. r

The cover isscored or indented longitudinally at proper intervals tofacilitate binding into book form. Flaps P are provided at the sidescorresponding to the side margins on the sheet of stamps and also on thecover of the inside books corresponding to the unprinted space 7L in themiddle of the sheet of stamps, so that when the book is subdivided theaps will fold over and cover the edges of the book, as shown in Figs. 3and 4. The flaps on the outside and on the inside of the cover F may bedispensed with, if desired, in which case the wide space 7i in themiddle of the sheet of stamps and the flap P' need not be provided. lprefer, however, to use the flaps.

In making the book the end margin of the stamp-sheet and thecorresponding parts of the cover-blank and paraffin-paper are firstperforated simultaneously or separately, as

shown at l any number of these perforations being employed. Thestamp-sheet is then laid upon the cover, with the paraffin-paperinterposed, and the package thus formed placed upon a suitable carrierprovided with pins which pass through the perforations and hold all ofthe sheets in alinement. The package is then fed beneath a suitablesewing or stapling machine and the fastenings, as at e', applied. Thelarge book thus formed is now subdivided into smaller books on the whichreach to another unprinted space d'. Then follow two more rows ofstamps, which reach to an unprinted space h inthe middle of the sheet,which is about one and one-half bution among the post-offices throughoutthe country. For example, a sheet of three hundred and eighty-fourtwo-cent stamps when divided will make thirty-two small books of Vthelength of three stamps and a width of prepared paper between, on whichthe pur- Chaser would pay a proper advance.

If the cover F is not of a'previously-prepared paper, then theassembling would begin with a sheet of prepared paper laid first uponthe inside of the cover or its equivalent, and a sheet of stamps is laidwith the gummed face down on the inside of cover-blank. The spaces d andd offer a strong surface by which the stamps may be bound to the coverand act also as hinges for folding and holding the two halves of eachsheet together, so that should all the stamps on one side of a singleleaf in a book be removed those on the opposite side would still remainin the book. I do not confine myself to this sizeA of sheet, as it willbe seen that the unprinted spaces on the cover and the correspondingones on the sheet of stamps and the number and denomination of thestamps may be varied.

The small books may be made up of onecent stamps or two-cent stamps, orof ones and twos in combination, to secure a certain value and of a sizeadapted for the vest-pocket or purse and for convenience in remittingsmall amounts by mail. The cheapness of the cover admits of them beingthrown away after the stamps have been used.

For use in large business and banking institutions I prefer to use abook of the value of five and ten dollars, made up of sheets of thevalue of one dollar each or five two-cent stamps long and ten widebefore folding.

In order to keep the books closed, I may use an elastic band 2, held tothe back by a strip 3.

Instead of the flap P and the rubber-band fastening above described Imay employ the construction shown in Fig. 6, in which the flap P" ismade of reduced size and is provided with an extending tongue which isfitted to a slit made in the folded part of the cover.

Having described my invention, what I claim isl. A stamp-sheet havingone series of narrow unprinted spaces inthe body thereof, a secondseries of spaces Wider than the first along which said sheet is adaptedto be stitched, a third series of spaces Wider than the first and secondseries extending around the edges and centrally of said sheet,substantially as described.

2. A lstamp-sheet having unprinted spaces at intervals in the bodythereof and a backing cover for said sheet adapted to be divided intosections to form books, substantially as described.

3. A stamp-sheet having imprinted spaces in the body thereof to providefor the folding of the sheet on said lines and wider spaces centrally ofthe sheet combined with a backing sheet adapted to be divided with thestamps into a series of covers, the wider spaces providing for theformation of flaps on the cover, lsubstantially as described.

4. A stamp book comprising the coverblank, the perforated stamp-sheet,the interposed sheet, and the corresponding detachable margins formed onthe cover-blank, stamp` sheet and interposed sheets, said margins eachbeing provided with corresponding alining openings, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK GUNN FARNIIAM. lVitnesses:

F. C. FARNHAM, RoB'r. A. SMITH.

